Robert McClure

Sir

Robert McClure

Robert McClure in a portrait by Stephen Pearce (1858)
Birth nameRobert John Le Mesurier McClure
Born(1807-01-28)28 January 1807
Wexford, Ireland
Died17 October 1873(1873-10-17) (aged 66)
Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Resting place
Branch Royal Navy
Service years1824–1873
Academy
RankVice-admiral
WarsSecond Opium War
Expeditions
Awards
Spouse(s)
Constance Tudor
(m. 1869)
RelationsJohn Elgee (grandfather)

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure CB (28 January 1807 – 17 October 1873) was an Irish explorer who explored the Arctic. In 1854 he traversed the Northwest Passage by boat and sledge, and was the first to circumnavigate the Americas.[1]

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 35. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 4–5.